Benin national rugby union team

Benin
Union	Fédération Béninoise de Rugby
First international
	Benin 0 - 56 Mali; (2003-10-05)
Largest win
	Benin 35 - 9 Ghana; (2006-07-29)
Largest defeat
	Benin 5 - 82 Niger; (2015-05-27)
World Cup
Appearances	0

The Benin national rugby union team represents Benin in international rugby union. Benin is not a member of the International Rugby Board (IRB), and have yet to play in a Rugby World Cup tournament.

History

They have competed in the north section of the CAR Castel Beer Trophy, but last appeared in 2005 being defeated by Togo and Mali and drawing with Niger.

In 2017 the team participated in the Rugby Africa Regional Challenge Group West 1, losing their first match to Ghana in the Accra Sports Stadium with 46-5.^[1] In 2018 they participated in the Rugby Africa Regional Sevens tournament, finishing seventh out of eight.^[2]

Overall record

Opponent	Played	Won	Lost	Drawn	Win %	For	Aga	Diff
Burkina Faso	2	0	2	0	0%	3	108	-105
Chad	1	1	0	0	100%	19	11	+8
DR Congo	1	0	1	0	0%	17	53	-36
Egypt	1	0	1	0	0%	5	19	-14
Ghana	6	1	4	1	16.67%	57	125	-68
Mali	4	0	4	0	0%	8	151	-143
Mali A	1	0	1	0	0%	0	3	-3
Mauritania	1	1	0	0	100%	6	0	+6
Niger	4	0	3	1	0%	11	143	-132
Nigeria	4	0	4	0	0%	12	154	-142
Senegal	1	0	1	0	0%	6	25	-19
Togo	7	2	5	0	28.57%	53	130	-77
Togo B	1	0	1	0	100%	29	0	+29
Total	34	5	27	2	14.71%	226	922	-696